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NITED 'sTrrTgs PATENT oEIn-eE. ROBERT LEE KEARNEnoE GEEENLLE, NORTH CAOILTNA, i PLOW. l

No. siaoee.

Specification of Letters Patent.:

Patented March 13, 1906.

To all who'm Vtn/my concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT LEE K EAR- NEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, inthe county of Pitt and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful `Irnprovementsin Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plows, and has for .its objects to roducea comparatively simplel inexpensive eviee of this character in'wh ich the point, landside, and moldboards arc attached to the standard without the 4use of bolts or the like/and` one wherein the said parts may be readily detached as circumstances Inay require and as will more fully A further object of the invention is to pro- .vide for the attachment of the handles to the plow without. the employment of bolts and to provide a lockingekey which will retain all of the arts of the plowfbla'de in osition and one w ich is readily operable, or releasing anlvpermitting removal of the parte.

ith these and other objects in View the invention comprises the novel features of censtruction and combination of parts `more fully hereinafter described. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the plow viewed from the op osite side. Fig. 3 is a reverse planview o the plow. Fig. 4 is a perspective .view ofthe low-standard Fig. 5 is a rear e evation of the same. Figs. 6 and 6** are perspective views of the handles. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the locking-pin. Fig. 8 is aI sectional elevation taken on the line 8 8 of Fig, 3. :Fig 9 is a )erspective view of the plow-point and moldbeard viewed from beneath. Y a perspective view of the landside. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the locking-key.

Referring to the drawings, 1 .designates a plow-standard provided at its forward edge with a laterally-extending flange 2, having a longitudinal keyhole-slot 3, there being provided at the lower end of the standard and on the inner or land side a horizontal recess 4, at the longitudinal center of which andfornied in the standard 'there is a keyhole slot vThe standard is also providednpon the inner or land side with a square-headed projection hollow' portion or head 7 and at its rear end with a vertical slotted guide 8, the transverse walls of which are provided with a sel ries of vertically-spaced oppesite perforations 9 for a purpose which will later appear. Designed'to seat Within the recess 4 is a removable'landside 41 (l, having at its lower normally horizontall edge a longitudinal flange 11 ,which engages beneath the lower edge of the standard, and upon its normally inner face a headed engaging member or lug 12, designedl to enter the slot 5 fon retaining the landside lin place, thel plow being also equipped with a point or share 13, having en its under face a recess 14 for the reception of the norm ally lower edge of the fiange 2 anda headed engaging member or lug 15, designed to enter the slot -3 for engagement with the standard-flange, whereby the point is detachably secured in place, while upon the under side ofthe share is fromed a central' 1ongitudinally-extending and vertically-de ending web o'rpartition 16, rovided at its ower edge' with a horizontal aterally projecting flange 17, designed to len age beneath the lower edge 'of the standar and. form a ferward vcontinuation of the landside 10. The partition 16 has at its rear 'end a substantially V-shaped recess 18, adapted to receive the correspondingly-shaped end 19 of the standard to thus hold th/e share' steadily in position.

' Formed to fit upon the standard 1 and normally above the sha-re 13 is a double 1nold-.

board 20, having wings or blades 21 22, centrally between which and on the under side ofthe moldboard is provided a web or flange 23, projecting at right anglcslto the plane of the moldboard, and provided at its upper-end with a recess or seat 24, adapted for engagement with the headed lug` 6, the moldboard being also provided upon .the blade 22 with a headed engaging member or lug 25, adapted to fit within the slot3, and with a recessed env '1 2 on the landside with tlie slot 5, next fitting the inoldboard onto the. standard with the lug 6, seated in the recess 24, the lug 25 in in the recessed lug 26, and. finally arranging the point in position on the standard rwith the lower' edge of the flange 2 seated inthe recess IOC) lin secure detachable engagement with the the slot 3, and the outer edge of the flange 2 i IIO 14, the flangll 17 beneath the lower edge of the standard, the projection 19 in the recess 18, and the headed enga ing member 15 1n the slot 3 beneath the headed lug 25, whereby vthe moldboard 2O will be fixed against vertical movement upon the standard.

After the parts have been ositioned as just described they are' secure in place by means of a locking member or key 27, provided at its normally upper end with a laterally-projecting lug 28 and at its other or normally lower end with a forwardly-projecting spring 29, the body ofthe key being adapted to enter a socket 30, formed between the inner face of the ange 2 and a bridge-piece 31, attached to the latter, while the lug 28 enters the enlarged or circular portion of the keyhole-slot 3 beneath the lugs 15 and 25. The key 27 is securely held in place, owing to the bowed spring 29 bearing upon the inner face ofthe flange 2, while the lug 28 serves to prevent movement of the lugs 15 and 25 longitudinally of the slot 3, and conse uently the detachment of the point of the mdldboard.

The plow is equipped with a pair of handlebars 32 33, each provided between its ends with a series of'spaced perforations 34, designed to register relatively when the handles are in lace,while the handle 32 has at its normally ower end a perforation 35 for the reception of a pin or stud 36, projectin from the outer or furrow side of the standar within a substantially rectangular boxing 37, formed by an angular strap fixed at its ends to the standard,.there being provided on the lower end ofthe handle 33 a laterally-projecting portion or ange 33, adapted for engafrement beneath the lower edge of the strap .orzboxing 37. The inner face of the fiange 38 is outwardly curved in a direction transversely of the handle, while the inner faces of the end walls of the boxing 37 are inwardly and reversely curved, as at 39, thus to permit adjustment of the handles for varying theirupward inclination, the handles being secured in their adjusted positions by means of a through-bolt or pin 40, entered through the perforations 9 and 34.

Disposed within the hollow head 7 is a substantiallyT hoiizontal draft-beam 4]., therear end of which is perforated transversely and `seated in the guideway 8, the perforation in the beam being designed to register with the perforations 9 and 34, whereby the forward end of the .beam may be disposed vertically and the beam secured in its adjusted position by means of the pin 40.-

Attached at one end adjacent to the longitudinal center of the beam 41 is a brace-rod 42, having its other end attached to the handle 33 between the ends of the latter. y

It is the intention in practice to equip the plow with a plurality of points or shares and moldboards of vary/ing shapes and sizes, which may be'readily interchanged to adapt. the device for various kinds of work. For examposition.

ple,.there will be a iurality of shares and moldboa-rds, such as illiistrated in Fig. 9, but of different sizes, a pluralityof single points and single moldboards of varying sizes, which may be attached to the standard 1 to adapt the device as an ordinary single-moldboard turning-plow and a plurality of colter-points of varying sizes to be attached to the standard when the device is to be employed for turn` ing weeds and the like between cotton or tobacco rows, it being underst0od,of course, that these various parts will be equip )ed with attaching members such as hereto 'ore described adapting them for ready detachable engagement with the standard.

From the foregoing it is apparent that produce a simple inexpensive device which will be wholly free from bolts or analogous fastening devices and one wherein the parts of the plow will be maintained in secure engagement with the standard, but maybe readily removed therefron'i by disengaging the key 27, which serves as a common means for maintaining all of the parts in engaged In attaining these ends it is to be understood that various minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted te without departing from` the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- 1. In a plow, a standard, moldbonrd and share, said standard having a keyhole-slot and the moldboard and share being provided with headed engaging members designed to enter said slot for detachahly connecting the parts, a socket provided in one of the parts, and a removable locking-key engaged m the socket and having a lug designed to enter said slt for retaining the engaging members therein.

2. In a plow, a standard, a moldboard and a share, said parts being relatively detachable, one of the parts having a keyhole-slm, and the others being provided with headed engaging members designed to enter said slot, a key detachably engaged with one of the parts and having a lug designed to seat in the slot to prevent escape of the engaging members therefrom, and means for retaining the key in place. Y

3. lin a plow, a standard having a horizontal and a vertically-disposed keyhole-simu, a, detachable moldboard having a headed engaging member adapted to enter the vertical slot, a removable share having a beaded engaging member designed to enter said slot beneath the first-named member and logether therewith,a landside provided with a headed engaging member adapted to enter the horizontal slot, said share having a flange adapted te lie in advance and form an extension of the landside, and a locking-key detachably engaged with one of the )arts and having a lug designed to seat in t'he vertical slot IlO to pfeverit yeseape of the engfiging members therefrom. v

4:. In ev plow, e'sta'ndard and aremoveble landside, rone of seid parts being provided with a slot end the other Witheheaded enlgjging membeil to enter the slotffor detachy engaging the iandside with the standard, the latter being provided with e. verticallydisposed keyhole-Slot, moldboerd having a headed engaging member entered into sind slot, `a share also having an engaging memberv seated in the vertical slot! said share being proividedv with a socket, a iockingdey seated in the socket and having a lug to enter the keyholeslot forpreventing eseepe of the engaging members therefrom, and a Sping carried' by the keydesigned to bear on the share for preventing escape of the key from thesocket.l

ROBERT LEE KEARNEY;

Witnesses:

WILLIAM REDMOND, BARTON N. BOYD.4 

